Hundreds Join Boston Vigils

Tearful crowds pay tribute to victims

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Hundreds of people, many of them holding flowers and candles, joined a pair of vigils in Boston last night to honor victims of the marathon bombing. In Boston Common, dozens of National Guard troops stood watch over a vigil where the crowd joined in as a choir sung "Amazing Grace" and the "Star-Spangled Banner," the Boston Herald reports. Cloth banners bore messages including "We are Boston strong" and "Love destroys hate." In the Dorchester neighborhood, home of 8-year-old victim Martin Richard, hundreds more gathered for a tearful vigil where a parish priest described the boy as a "beautiful and gentle soul," reports USA Today.

Lizzie Lee, 56, of Lynwood, Wash., who was participating in her first Boston Marathon, holds a candle and a flower at Boston Common.
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People congregate at Boston Common for a vigil for the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A woman wearing a Boston Marathon jacket, center, attends a vigil for the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

People congregate at Boston Common for a vigil for the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions yesterday.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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